CVE-2025-3770 HIGH

CVE-2025-3770: SMM IDT Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Tianocore
Product EDK2
Weakness CWE-693
Published August 7, 2025
Last update August 7, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

EDK2 contains a vulnerability in BIOS where an attacker may cause “Protection Mechanism Failure” by local access. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will lead to arbitrary code execution and impact Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 7, 2025 CVE published
August 7, 2025 Record updated